TheBreakdown
Full time19 February 1995
Japan
16–24
Tonga
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, JapanHead-to-head

Tonga won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose3–0
  2. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose6–0
  3. –TJapan try · Terunori Masuho11–0
  4. –TJapan try · Tsutomu Matsuda16–0
  5. –CTonga conversion · Sateki Tuipulotu16–2
  6. –PTonga penalty · Sateki Tuipulotu16–5
  7. –PTonga penalty · Sateki Tuipulotu16–8
  8. –PTonga penalty · Sateki Tuipulotu16–11
  9. –PTonga penalty · Sateki Tuipulotu16–14
  10. –TTonga try · Feleti Mahoni16–19
  11. –TTonga try · Tevita Manako16–24

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Osamu OtaProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Masanori TakuraProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Bruce FergusonSecond row
  6. 6Hiroyuki KajiharaFlanker
  7. 7Sinali LatuFlanker
  8. 8Sione LatuNumber 8
  9. 9Masami HorikoshiScrum-half
  10. 10Keiji HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Yoshihito YoshidaWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Tetsuya TakeyamaCentre
  14. 14Terunori MasuhoWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Wataru MurataBench
  17. 17Akira YoshidaBench
  18. 18Kiyoshi ImaizumiBench
  19. 19Eiji HirotsuBench
  20. 20Kazuaki TakahashiBench
  21. 21Ko Izawa-NakamuraBench

Tonga

  1. 1Takau LutuaProp
  2. 2Feao VunipolaHooker
  3. 3Tu'akalau FukofukaProp
  4. 4Pouvalu LatukefuSecond row
  5. 5Falamani MafiSecond row
  6. 6Feleti MahoniFlanker
  7. 7Ipolito FenukitauFlanker
  8. 8Mana 'OtaiNumber 8
  9. 9Manu VunipolaScrum-half
  10. 10'Elisi VunipolaFly-half
  11. 11Tevita ManakoWing
  12. 12Falanasi ManukiaCentre
  13. 13Penieli LatuCentre
  14. 14Alaska TaufaWing
  15. 15Sateki TuipulotuFull-back
  16. 16Tim TavaleaBench
  17. 17'Unaloto Fa'aBench
  18. 18Va'a TolokeBench
  19. 19Nafe TufuiBench
  20. 20Taholo AnitoniBench
  21. 21Taipe IsitoloBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 11–9 Tonga in 20 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Tonga going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.